Well it’s been a while since I’ve updated my blog and applications so here is a quick update. Like normal I have WAY too many irons in the fire. I wish I was a millionaire and could just hire folks to help me out.
Life is pretty funny, a lot of the things I like to do have no monetary value what so ever. Yet, they make me laugh and feel good. I think this is what an artist feels like since very few folks understand their work. (btw…I’m not saying I’m artist by any measure)
I did manage to get my Diablo 3 and Star Craft 2 gadgets uploaded to windows live gallery. What sucks is I have no information when these games will ever come out. This reminds me that I need to check the drop date I posted in the gadgets! Other wise they will go off prematurely and I will have some unhappy people.
Pretty much since Modern Warfare 2 came out I don’t do a lot of anything. I know it’s pretty sad. However, I think I’ve burn myself out on it and last night I just watched a movie instead.
I have some short stories to finish up and also a few machinimas that I’ve been working on. It’s just so hard to get motive after the holidays.
In the past several months I’ve been working pretty heavy in Vegas Movie studio. I think I found a passion that I truly enjoy. Creating videos and editing them is something that I really enjoy. However, the software to support that habit is really expensive.
I finally got my hands on Riot Gear and Evolution from video co-pilot. I scored them off of eBay for a fraction of the retail price. In a nut shell Riot Gear is some stock footage and grundge type back drops you can use in your videos. It has some awesome ink bleeds and paint splatter marks.
Bad thing about Riot Gear is you have to chroma key it. It works for most of the stock footage but some of the bigger ink bleeds has shadows which make the video look kind of silly. I had seen examples on youtube about compositing tracks but I think that’s in the pro edition of Sony Vegas.
Evolution is better; all the motion stock footage is set up using an alpha channel so the transparencies are fluid. What really sucks is I was hyped about getting my hands on this software but I don’t have really a reason to use them.
I’ve been converting family vhs tapes to DVD and adding some stuff here and there. But I can’t exactly justify adding grudge textures and ink bleeds too little bobby’s birthing video now can I?
Hopefully with my next few machinimas I can create some kick ass intros.